Woman convicted of child rape plans appeal

A woman who faces a maximum prison sentence of 41½ years for raping her own son and making him live in squalor for years plans to appeal her conviction.

Attorneys for Carol Hann, 45, filed notice in Luzerne County Court on Wednesday that Hann plans to file an appeal with the state Superior Court.

Hann was convicted in December of rape of a child, criminal conspiracy, incest, corruption of minors and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Luzerne County Judge Tina Polachek Gartley ordered Hann imprisoned for 20 years, 9 months to 41 years, 6 months. The boy, now 14, testified at trial about how his father, Robert Caravella, introduced him to pornography at age 7 and how, on his 8th birthday, led him upstairs and demanded he have intercourse with Hann, the first of many rapes. The abuse occurred at homes on North Chestnut Street in Nanticoke and Gould Street in Plymouth, police said.

Gartley is scheduled to sentence Caravella for his crimes this morning.

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